DVD Rental Movies

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Russell Brand - Live 2007

Comedian Russell Brand displays his distinctive sense of humour live at Hackney Empire.

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Al Murray : The Pub Landlord - Live At The Palladium [2007]

The multi-award winning Al Murray The Pub Landlord raises the roof at the majestic London Palladium with a crowning performance of his sell-out tour show …And Another Thing.

The nation’s favourite Pub Landlord holds court with his distinctive common sense reasoning on subjects such as The War on Terror, Hell, Life Itself, and his personal crusade to Bring Back Shame.

Expect "unstoppable comedy from the joke-telling machine gun" (The Sunday Times) that features his trademark rapid-fire interaction with the regulars. Having joined the realms of comedy royalty with the success of his prime-time entertainment show Happy Hour (ITV1) and an unprecedented second An Audience with Al Murray The Pub Landlord (ITV1), the Guv’nor returns to DVD with a magnificent brand new show performed Live at the Palladium.

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Blackadder: Complete Collection - BBC Series 1-4 & The Specials

One of the best comedy series ever to emerge from England, Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of World War I. In his pre-Mr Bean triumph, British comic actor Rowan Atkinson played all five versions of Edmund, beginning with the villainous and cowardly Duke of Edinburgh, whose scheming mind and awful haircut seem to stand him in good stead to become the next Archbishop of Canterbury -- a deadly occupation if ever there was one. Among tales of royal dethronings, Black Death, witch-smellers (who root out spell-makers with their noses), and ghosts, Edmund is a perennial survivor who never quite gets ahead in multiple episodes. Jump to the Elizabethan era and Atkinson picks up the saga as Lord Edmund, who is perpetually courting favour from mad Queen Bess (Miranda Richardson) and is always walking a tightrope from which he can either gain the world or lose his head. Subjected to bizarre services for her majesty (at one point, Edmund is asked to do for potatoes what Sir Walter Raleigh did for tobacco), Edmund -- like his ancestor -- can never quite fulfill his larger ambitions. The next incarnation we encounter is in late-18th-century Regency England. This time, Blackadder is a mere butler to the idiotic Prince Regent (Hugh Laurie in a brilliantly buffoonish performance) and is caught in various misadventures with Samuel Johnson, Shakespearean actors, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and William Pitt the younger. With a brief stop in Victorian London for a Christmas special, the series concludes with several episodes set during the Great War. The new Edmund is a career army officer, but a scoundrel all the same. Shirking his duties whenever possible and taking advantage of any opportunity for undeserved reward, this final, deeply sour, and very funny Blackadder negotiates survival among a cadre of fools and dimwits. No small mention can be made of Atkinson's supporting cast, easily among the finest comic performers of their generation: besides Laurie and Richardson, Stephen Fry, Tony Robinson, and Tim McInnerny. --Tom Keogh

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Jimmy Carr - Comedian (Live)

Jimmy Carr is one of the biggest faces in comedy – literally – he has one of the biggest faces. Following the huge success of Jimmy Carr Live and Jimmy Carr Stand-up, the multi-award-winning Jimmy Carr returns with his third live stand up DVD simply entitled Comedian.

Recorded live at London’s Bloomsbury theatre, the posh-suited gagster unleashes his rapid-fire wit upon his audience, with jokes that are just too rude for TV.

This DVD is Jimmy’s best yet. The main show is over an hour and a half long and it also contains almost an hour of exclusive bonus material.

Jimmy plays to over 200,000 fans every year around Britain. Watch this DVD and see what all the fuss is about.

As Jimmy explains: "This isn’t a show for the easily offended, it’s not even a show for people who are quite difficult to offend. Essentially, this is a show for people without a moral compass."

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